Inserting text fields

Probably the most common form element is the text field. The text field allows…users to input text for a form submittal.…There are three flavors of the text field: the input text field, password text…field and a text area element.…The input text field is used for capturing a single line of text, and is used…for things like user names, addresses and really anything that the user must…type themselves, that can fit on one line.…The password text field hides the texts being typed by the user but otherwise,…it submits text just like the text input field.…

The text area field allows users to submit as many lines of text as they…require, and is primarily used for commenting or contact forms where the user…needs to submit a full request.…So I have got my register.htm file open in the 12_06, lifestyle folder and we…are going to start putting form elements on the page by starting with our text input fields.…Now our form styling has been removed and what we are looking at here is just…the regular default form styling. So go ahead and click right after the text,…

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10/13/2008

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